Freaky Weather

It's freakin' December and my AC is going strong. Yesterday was 80 degrees. It's strange that we are only a short distance from the major ice storm just north of here. We live rather close to the Oklahoma border, yet it is shorts weather here. It makes me lethargic. I like cold weather especially when I am Christmas shopping.

This is a full week, so I'm hoping it gets cooler soon. Tonight I am working on the Mardi Gras float. Tomorrow night I am going to taste samples of food for the Grand Bal'. I think I get Wednesday off, but Thursday I have a lunch to go to and I get my hand cut on again. Friday I have a church party and Saturday I have a surprise 50th birthday party to attend. Dang...I'm tired already!

Finished!

In spite of the fact that I slipped in a little nap today, I got a lot done. The Christmas cards are finished and ready to mail. My Christmas cards are always labor and time intensive, but I enjoy doing them because I personalize each one. This gives me pause to think about the family/person that I am sending it to. I also enjoy receiving all the cards from so many people that I haven't heard from since last year. I particularly enjoy the Christmas letters and the cards that include photos. Of course, my printer ran out of ink just three cards short of the finish line, so I had to get out in the madness that is today to find a cartridge. I had one of those refilled ones. It sucked big time. I will never have any refilled again. The colors were horrible.

Holy CRAP!

I was at the mall tonight and as I was sitting in the food court having my orange chicken I saw so many repulsive looking girls. I wish I had pictures of the disgusting way these people looked. First of all, they were all overweight with really tight jeans and tops. Butts were hanging out everywhere. Can they possibly think this looks good? I just don't get it!

Woo Hoo!

My brother is back! Now I won't have to go every day to see about Mom and Dad. It's only 17 miles to their house, but it takes a chunk out of every day. My brother eats breakfast there every day and lives a minute away so it's much easier for him.

I am trying to wrap up getting everything to the publisher for our Grand Bal' Program. I have already let it be known that I will never take that job again. It's not a hard job, but people just won't get the stuff in to me. It's a royal pain in the ASS and I am not even Royalty!!!

I'm also trying to get Christmas cards done and shopping done before I have to get my hand cut on again.

A day in my life!

Since my brother is gone, I went to check on Mom and Dad this morning. Dad spent 30 minutes trying to get his hearing aids in his ears. He was getting madder by the minute. Even Mom tried to get them in for him. I was just watching all this nonsense wondering, but not dare asking, if he had the right hearing aid for the correct ear. He would have gotten mad if I had even suggested he was doing the wrong ears. Mom got out the book and read about it before I loaded them up to take them to the hearing aid place. Turns out they are COLOR CODED and he was putting them in the wrong ears!! I'm glad they figured that out before we were all embarrassed at the hearing aid place! Holy Moley! It's not going to get any better and he doesn't have Alzheimer's!

The verdict is in!

Pathology report on my hand is squamous cell carcinoma. That means it is localized and will not spread anywhere else. The reason that he is going back in and cutting more out is because if there are any cells left, it will grow back. He will be doing that the 13th so I have a few days of reprieve before I go back to being a one armed bandit. It's like I'll be getting a facelift of the hand because he cuts stuff out, then stretches the skin back over it and stitches it up. The skin on the back of my hand is plenty loose, so it will stretch easily. I just dread being cut on again.

Zoom Zoom

I have been in turbo mode today trying to get all the things done that require use of both my hands. Tomorrow I get the stitches out, but I don't think he will do the additional cutting on me then. Just in case he does, I got all the yard decorations out today, the scrapbook finished, and a lot of computer work done on the Mardi Gras Bal' Program. I made a few trips to the attic storage area for Christmas stuff, but decided against bringing much of it down.

My brother is in Branson this week, so I am checking on Mom and Dad every day. Yesterday I cooked bean soup and took it for their lunch today. I also changed the sheets on their beds and washed the clothes. I'll go back tomorrow and pick some collards for her to cook. My fall garden looks great. I have collards, broccoli, turnip greens, onions, and cauliflower growing. Yummo! I love me some broccoli!!

WooHoooo!

Just when we thought LSU was dunzo, due to some losses yesterday by other teams LSU now will play Ohio State for the National Championship! There will be a sea of purple in Louisiana. I guess I need to get a purple shirt. I didn't go to LSU, but I support them fully!

Wow! Just WOW!

Today was our Lottie Moon Christmas offering at church which goes for missions. Our church only asks once a year and the funds collected on this day go for all the mission funds that we contribute to. Last year our goal was $85,000 and we collected $107,000 that day. Today our goal was 87,000 and we collected an astounding $130,000 today.

Tonight was our Christmas musical and it was just unbelievable. There is no church anywhere that could have done any better and that includes the Morman Tabernacle Choir. Absolute perfection and totally professional. I was very impressed. My neighbor who broke his back in September was there. What a homecoming for him!! It was awesome!

Holy CRAP...AGAIN!

Just when I thought I was about through with this hand drama, my doctor's office called and said the pathology was a cancer, but not a kind that would spread to other organs. BUT>>> he wanted to go back in there after it heals better and cut around the edges! OUCH! OKAY....I'm all over getting everything out of there and I guess he is just making sure to remove the whole area, but if it won't spread...WHY? I'm confused!

Tiz the SEASON!

Yes, the season for eating has started and I have to back off. It's not even December and I went out to dinner or lunch 4 times this week, not including tonight when I plan to do it again. Yesterday was killer. I went to lunch with the ladies, a Christmas tea at the Arbor, where my aunt is in assisted living care, and out again last night after a Krewe meeting to dinner. Last night I discovered the bacon wrapped broiled shrimp. It was an appetizer, but I ordered it for dinner and could only eat 3 of the 6 shrimp. They were huge and delish!! Tonight is my cousin's last night here before she returns home to Virginia, so we are going out again.

Ouch!

Yesterday I went back to the doc for the bad news. I knew he would want to cut the place out and he did. Under all this bandage is a little incision about an inch plus with four stitches in it. He sent it off for a pathology report because he still doesn't know what it is. Next week I get the stitches out. It's hard to type so I'm out!

Busy, busy day!

Today I put my car in the shop and borrowed Mom and Dad's car for the day. By the time I had taken them to get groceries and medicine and driven them home, then went back to my home...MY CAR WAS FIXED! After spending hours working on computer stuff for our Mardi Gras Bal', I took their car back to them and they had to bring me home. It's been crazy! I really intended to call my dentist because I am getting another abscess in the tooth next to the last one that had a root canal. He was afraid last time that the other tooth may also be involved. I started taking some antibiotic that I had here and my mouth feels better. I'm going to try to avoid that $700 fee right here at Christmas. Tomorrow I go back to the doctor about my hand. It is not any better and I fear that he will have to biopsy it. Ouch!

Rain, rain, come to stay!

Today is a cold, rainy day and I am loving it. It's still 39 degrees with a slow soft rain, which we desperately need. We are not as dry as Georgia, but we do need rain. Instead of lazing around watching movies all day, I turned to the Christmas music channel on my digital TV and went to work decorating my Mardi Gras tux jacket. Mine is not nearly as decorated as it will eventually be. They are supposed to be rather gawdy. I chose a patriotic theme and have been sewing appliques on. I can't do many at one time because I stick my fingers a lot with the needle, but I did get a couple more done today. With the decorated tux tails, we wear a white shirt and gloves and jeans. Since my theme is patriotic, I will also be wearing a sequined red, white and blue top hat and a matching bow tie. I also have some patriotic blinking light beads for me to wear. All the beads that I will be throwing in 3 parades are patriotic as well. I think it is fitting for an election year, which 2008 will be.
This is the back down on the tails.
This is the front and I can tell from the picture that it needs a lot more stuff. I need to get busy since these parades all happen in January.

Blowing off steam!

I just composed a letter to the President and CEO of Borghese, Inc. complaining about the lack of customer service. It reminded me of a quote I read somewhere, "It's a shame stupidity isn't painful." I never got any of my calls returned or an email answered and that really made me angry. Even though I finally found out that the correct makeup was inside the box that was labeled incorrectly, I am still angry that a company this size has NO customer service even though they give a number on the website for customer service. Maybe I can go on and get this nonsense out of my mind now! I'm sure I won't hear from the CEO either. In fact, I doubt she will ever see it. The CEO is Georgette Mosbacher and I have seen her several times on TV. She is a big Republican and in NYC, that's significant!

What the HELL!

LSU got beat in the last play of the 3rd overtime. They are no longer in contention for the national title. Holy CRap!







The other surprise of the day.....Texas A & M beat TEXAS! That wasn't supposed to happen either. I show no favoritism here! I'd be in big trouble! (I do, however, have a former student playing at A & M.)

Staying in the will....

I went to Mom and Dad's this morning to take her some stuff from the grocery store. While I was there, I changed her bed and Dad's bed. It is so hard for her to do that . She has to stop and rest while she's doing it so I try to make sure I get it done when it needs it.She had a maid for 50 years, but now when she really needs one, we can't find one.

The wind was blowing too much for me to try to take care of the fallen leaves today. I'll get to that next week.

Blessed Day

We have a possibility of rain, sleet or snow by tomorrow morning. Snow would be awesome, but the least likely to happen. Today was a good day. We had 12 people for Thanksgiving Dinner at my brother's lake house. There was even a birthday cake for me with purple flowers on it. It was pretty and I have half of it here at home now. That is not good because I will eat that sucker!!

We had an excellent dinner of fried turkey, cornbread dressing (my mom's), mashed potatoes and gravy (for our guests who grew up in Michigan. I guess it's a Michigan thing because we never have that), green beans, corn casserole, fresh fruit salad, frozen fruit salad , congealed salad, and several desserts in addition to the birthday cake. I even went for seconds, which I NEVER do. It was really good.

My mother is just not doing well. She is still in pain from the colonoscopy she had two weeks ago. I cannot believe those people did not put her out. I am angry about it and they did something that is still causing her pain in her abdomen. If she isn't better soon, I will be calling that doctor's office. Most people never even feel or remember a colonoscopy. She never did before, so they just screwed up. They must have had water running through that IV.

Happy Thanksgiving!

There is so much to be thankful for!! I am so incredibly blessed!

God Bless Everyone!

Dammit!

I have been so frustrated trying to contact Borghese to get my order correct. Apparently, there is one customer service person and she is never there. It's impossible to talk to a human. I ordered what I need from somewhere else. On a whim, I opened the container box that holds the makeup. I had not opened it because on the outside it said "creme" and I knew that I didn't want that. Well, inside the box was the correct "natural finish" that I ordered. WTH! INCOMPETENCE ABOUNDS in the main office and in the shipping department!